MARTI ROGERS: Plain and Fancy

Marti Rogers

Plain and Fancy

© 2004 Marti Rogers (825346449425)

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For everyone who likes old songs, a patchwork quilt of traditional, country, classic folk, Appalachia & Americana: sweet-voiced & unadorned, accompanying herself on Autoharp, guitar or lap dulcimer; some with acoustic backup

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A potpourri of the many kinds of "folk style" music that Marti has collected over decades of performing. You can't really get a good idea of what this recording will bring you without sampling at least a few different tracks.

Everything has Marti as lead vocal and lead instrument except track 9 which is a dulcimer solo and track 5 which is a cappela. Tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, & 11 are the “Plain” tracks, Marti and one of her instruments in an unadorned, intimate arrangement.

DULCIMER tracks 2, 9 and 11 (all Plain)
AUTOHARP tracks 1, 3, 8, and 10
GUITAR tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 12
Track 5 A CAPPELA

The “Fancy” (all acoustic) back-up musicians are:
Tom Levy, bass fiddle; (tracks 1, 3, 6, & 10)
Tom Wade, Dobro (tracks 3 & 10)
Marianne Tucker, Irish whistle (track 12) and bones (tracks 1 & 6)
Tom Tucker, guitar, bouzouki, banjo and mandolin (tracks 1, 6 & 12)
Marti also adds back up guitar to tracks 3 and 10.

What may sound like silence on your computer at the beginning of 12, will sound like the sea on a hi-fi player. We had some fun on this one.

“Rogers gives new life to old standards....” -- Mary DesRosiers, Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine

“Traditional, country, folk style embracing artists from Jean Ritchie to Joan Baez and the more contemporary Gillian Welch....” -- Taxi Review

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  • Really traditional
    author: Harry Eagar

    I like my traditional music traditional, and when I read the liner notes for the first song, I knew I was going to like this album. It said: "In most recent versions Shady Grove becomes a girl, but in this one, it's still a place." You go, girl! "Plain and Fancy" is folk music with the emphasis on the folk. Marti Rogers has a fine voice but it is not one of those impossibly beautiful ethereal ones that, while thrilling to hear, are far removed from what the "folk" were usually exposed to. Rogers' lyrics to "Johnny, I Hardly Knew You" are new to me and more touching than even the standard words.

  • Rich voice--authentic old time presentation
    author: Margaret Keene

    I highly recommend this CD to anyone interested in real folk music. Her beautiful voice is a showcase for her emotional but never overdone presentation.

  • A lyrical echo of sweeter times gone by.
    author: Joy Gwynne Ginther

    This CD includes traditional tunes performed in a timeless fashion as well as new songs with an up to the minute folk feel. I like this album, I like the artist. I recommend buying it immediately, putting your feet up and enjoying a peaceful journey into the magic of music.

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